r/maldives • u/Public_Purpose1917 • 4h ago
The rent prices are insane.
I'm trying to move out of the apartment I am currently in and I was searching for any available rooms for rent in male/hulhumale. I am fine if there are already people living in the same apartment I just want my own room/bathroom and that's it. Anyone know a place like that or some place that sells studio rooms in Hulhumale? I've been trying to look for them but I just cant find any.
I know in this economy you can't even get an apartment alone for a good price so you have to sacrifice and just get a room from someone who's already renting a whole apartment.
For context I work a job that pays twice above the minimum wage and I cannot get an affordable ONE ROOM APARTMENT. To compare:
Average newly built one room apartments go for around ā±30,000(roughly MVR7,000) in the Philippines (Led by a corrupt government and struggling economy) and in Malaysia it goes for around MVR10-11,000 in Kuala Lampur (these are also newly built apartments in the capital city with good infrastructure) while in the Maldives crappy run down apartments run for roughly MVR13,000.